124. R Commentary upon theGûJJdl Chap.19} out among therople,therewas nothing but clamour, and confu_ fto_n : much like to that regnumCyclopum, trbì &-c é r v isd'vds Pilate thereforeretires himfelf into thePalace, that he mightmore .fedately let himfelf to lift the bulinefl'e. Verle 34. SayefI thou this z f thy f lf,] As who fhould fay; If thou doeft this of thy fell, whatrea on is it that thou ihouldit be both Judge and witnefle ? if others have done it, why arenot mine accufers brought face to face ? Ifto be accufed be enough to make a manguilty, none fhall be innocent. Judges areto proceed fècun- dumallegata & probate.. Vert 35-. Am Ia ?ew ? ] This he asketh in fcorn of that Na- tion ; hateful] among the Heathens for their difference from them Stab .Gcog. in Religion. Gains the Emperour caft them out with their Ora- tour Philo, who came to make Apology, for them againft Ap_ pion of Alexandria their adverfary and acculer. Strabo ofmeer fpite, faith that 7udea is a dry and barren Countrey, when the ,lieyi. Gee. Scripturecalleth it a Landflowing -withmilk andhoney, plenty and Augde.civ.dei dainty ; and Tacittss cannot but grant as much. Floras calleth the Temple at 7erufalem , impia gcntis arcanum, a Sanctuary for rogues, as the Papifts fay of Geneva. Seneca .jeers them for ra- fting away the feventhpart of their time upon a weekly Sabbath. 7uvenal plaies upon their circumcifion. 'Plutarch tels a long rap. 4. Story of their Feaft of Tabernacles, which faith he, they keep in Tacit,Arrnat. honour ofBacchtu. Tacitssl faith, they were called e/Ifinarii, be- ). za, caufe they worfhipped the golden head of an Afhe,&c.No wonder though profane 'Pilatedifdain to be held a Jew, when they were thus traduced. Verfe 36. My Kingdome is not of this world.] Chrift could not be received as a Gòd into the 'Pantheon at Rome, for that he wanted worfhippers , preached poverty, andchofe mean men for his Difciples. Domitian the Emperour, after he had banifhed john into 'Pathmos, and Domicilia Flavia his ownfilters daugh- ter, with many more, into Pontes, and put divers to death for that they were Chriftians, he commanded all fuch Jewes as hee could finde,to be put to death,that were ofthe flock ofDavid.Amongft whom meeting with fome Chriftians alto , that were allied to EuCeb.l3:z Chrift, and underftanding that they were poor harmlefl'e people, o. he difmifiedthem, andby Proclamation forbad any more to bee martyred. Verfe 37.. That I fhould bear witneffe ofthe truth.] Our Sa- viour
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